Improved sofa-bedstead



' Similar letters i shown, and upholstered or otherwise www l IIVIPROVED SOFA-BEDSTEAD.

A m The Schedule referred to in these Let-ters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, B. L'SOUTHAGK, of New York, in the .county of New York, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sofa Bedsteads; and ing is a full,clear,

and enact description will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a vertical transverse section of my improved sofa-bedstead.

. Figure 2 is a plan or top view, partly in section, of the same. d

thereof, which of reference indicate like parts. This invention relates to a new sofafbedstead, which is provided with a folding back hinged to a sliding seat, theback, when turned up, resting against the back edge of the arm-rests or head-boards of the sofa, so as to be in a proper position.

The invention consists iin such an arrangement of all parts, that the folding sofa-back, 4which is hinged to the sliding seat, and which forms, together with the seat, the bed-bottom, will, when turnedup, bear or rest againstthe back edge of the arm-supports or head1 boards, to which-it may be secured.v y

A, in the drawing, represents the frameiof my improved sofa-bedstead. y A

B B are the arm-supports or head-boards of the same. The frame A may be of suitable size, shape, and mteiial, and supported by suitable supports or standar D` is the seat of the sofa. It' is made of' slats, as arranged in any suitable manner.

It is tted with its ends into grooves a a, formed in the lower parts the, sofaf-backward, however, only to a certain limit, at least preferably. l y

E represents the back of the sofa. It is made also of slats, or in other suitable. manner, and is, at ,its

y lower edge, by means of suitable hinges, 'b b, hinged to the b ack edge of the seat folded down, with and an extension of The back, when turned of the head-board B B,

D, so that it may, when as shown by blue lines in fig. l, be in line the said seat. l

up, rests against the backend as in figs. 1 and 2, or against I do hereby declare that thefollow? of the head-.boards B, so that it can'` freely slide backward or forward on .already used in automatically produced tenons or arms projecting om the same, and is fastened to' them by means of hooks and eyes c, or by other suitable equivalentapparatus.

By thus being fastened to the back end of the headboards, the proper position of the seat and back on the sofa is readily ascertained and found.

To convert the sofa into a bedstead, the fastenings c are loosened, the back is folded down, as shown by blue lines in iig. l, and then the whole seat, or rather bed-bottom, D E, is moved forward until thev junction of the parts D E is about over the middle of the frame A1; The bedstead is then ready. By having projecting ends, f, on the back, E, which may strike against the back ends of the head-boards, the prope' position of the bed-bottom can also. be readily ascer` tained. v

I am aware that a sliding seat combinedwith afoldng back or" a sofa-bedstead is not new,.it having been the apparatus of John C. Emery, pat-- ented, June 10, 1848; but in that the back was con. stantly connected with the head-boards, by means of.. pivoted bars, which caused the motion of the back, when adjusted, to be constantly swinging, and thereby the sliding motion of the seat.

It is evident that my device is considerably simpler and less complicated than the above, and that it can be produced at less cost; and the parts cannot so readily get out oforder, no pivot-pins that might be strained being employed.

By having abottom, d, on the frame A, and a folding lid ein front, or a drawer, a receptacle Vfor` bed .clothes or mattresses may be conveniently provided.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The seat D, lsliding in grooves a of the arm-rests B, and hinged at its rear edge to the back, E, which back is held up to the arm-rests B by the catches eand proj ections j; all operating as described, whereby the back is turned down into a horizontal position, and then drawn forward into the grooves awith the seat D, until arrested by the projection f, whereby a continuous bed-bottomis formed, as herein shown and described.

Witnesses FRANK BLocKLEY, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

B.' L. so'U'rrrAoK. 

